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Madeleine Birchfield (Jun 13 2025 at 15:08):I raised up this issue in the context of the nLab, but this can be more widely applied to everyday mathematical practice. Some mathematicians change their name for whatever reason, but many of their old papers are still published under their old name. When citing their old paper, should we use their old name or new name?
Notification Bot (Jun 13 2025 at 15:11):This topic was moved here from #community: general > Names to use e.g. in citations when a person's name changes by Madeleine Birchfield.
fosco (Jun 13 2025 at 15:38):Madeleine Birchfield said:
I raised up this issue in the context of the nLab, but this can be more widely applied to everyday mathematical practice. Some mathematicians change their name for whatever reason, but many of their old papers are still published under their old name. When citing their old paper, should we use their old name or new name?
"Cf. the paper by Bernhard (now Brunhilde) Riemann, [Rie59]"
Nathanael Arkor (Jun 13 2025 at 15:43):A citation is intended for a reader to be able to find the given reference, so it makes sense to at least use the name given in the original paper.